Liverpool were held to a 0-0 draw on Saturday at home against Stoke in a highly frustrating game for the Reds.
It was expected before the game that Stoke would come and be the usual physical self and thus Dalglish opted not to take any chances and named three centre-backs in the starting lineup: Coates, Skrtel and Carragher. I can not blame Dalglish too much for this as he has played with three at the back before and against Stoke you need as many tall and physical players as you can.
Where I believe Dalglish got in wrong yesterday was when he could see that Stoke were only playing with Peter Crouch upfront, why did we continue to stick with three at the back marking one player? At half-time, I believe Dalglish should have pulled Carragher off and bought on an attacking option.
We failed to carve out too many clear chances against Stoke as they literary played with every one of their players behind the ball; as they say, “Stoke came and parked the bus infront of the Liverpool goal!”
It was not easy breaking Stoke down and what frustrated me even more was that we do not seem to have that Benayoun or Meireles type player who can break down the opposition in such situations. Gerrard was playing too deep for my liking and you could see he was getting tired in the second half which did not help our cause.
Dalglish should have started the game with Andy Carroll. I am not a huge fan of Carroll but in a game against Stoke, it only makes sense to start with the big striker simply due to his physical size. When he cam on in the second half, you could see that he was causing the Stoke defenders a couple of problems.
After the game Dalglish said, “They came here to go away with a point and they got a point. The responsibility was on us to be more imaginative to break them down, but we didn’t manage to do that.
“The couple of opportunities we did have we never took, and in a game like that you’ve got to take your opportunities.
“We looked pretty solid at the back and I think they had one shot in the first half and not much more after that, but as I said it was our responsibility to be able to break them down.
“There was nothing wrong with the players’ effort or determination, but on the day we just weren’t good enough to break them down.”
Written by Tony for OurKop.com
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So you know better than Dalglish? Idiot.
Yes he does!
you are an idiot
dalglish is crap
relax tinleg!!! It is the authors opinion and dalglish can make mistakes. He is a King not a god!!
He’s got no idea! should have stayed in the ‘ambassador’ role!
@DaveWest: Dalglish had to move on because he wasn’t making any headway being an ‘ambassador’. Similarly, he is totally out of his depth being the man at the helm. Alas, what can you expect from a cheque-book manager who has been out of football for over 2 decades?
Well in my heart i say KD knows better, BUT in my head i say differant, now problem with us Liverpool fans is we tend to let our Hearts rule. we have time after time, Now Dalglish team sucked on sat,no one can disagree with that, 7 Draws at home is defo not good enough, why have we not sighed a striker, if we have to pay a little more ok, we dont need another 35 million failure,
The biggest mistake Kenny made was after the game, saying we need to be more creative, having allowed his two most creative players to go, Miereles and Aquilani
Spot on, Towson Tom!
The problem with far too many opinions is that they are based on ignorance.
The major problem with Liverpool is lack of a quality manager and some quality minds. Life gives you opportunities and you need to take them.Take for example real madrid bench had players like sneijder , vand der vaart , robben ..who were desperately looking for a move .
You could have all of them for 25 million ?
When buying in the transfer window , you need to get proven international quality players at bargain prices. The fact is these guys are international players becoz they rose from the bottom and proved it at every level.
Things change over time , what might have been the best yesterday will not be today..(.KD).
Quality managers would deliver with even limited resources.